Daniel Harlow, Professor, Religion
616-526-6538
dharlow@calvin.edu
Office: Hekman Library 373
Weekly Schedule
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Educational Background
Oral Roberts University, BA (1984)
Princeton Theological Seminary, MDiv (1987)
University of Notre Dame, MA (1991)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, doctoral study (1991-92, Fulbright Fellowship)
University of Notre Dame, PhD (1994), Dissertation: The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) in Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity (Leiden: Brill, 1996)
Courses
- Biblical Literature and Theology (121)
- Synoptic Gospels and Acts (221)
- Johannine Literature (222)
- Paul's Letters (223)
- Revelation and General Letters (224)
- Intertestamental Judaism (321)
- C. S. Lewis (Interim DCM)
Research Interests
- History and literature of Early Judaism
- The Jewish context and character of the New Testament
- Early Jewish and Christian apocalypses
Professional Associations
Society of Biblical Literature
Recent Publications
Dictionary of Early Judaism, edited with John J. Collins (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans: forthcoming in 2009/10)
The Other in Second Temple Judaism, coeditor (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans: forthcoming in 2010)
"Idolatry and Alterity: Israel and the Nations in the Apocalypse of Abraham," in The Other in Second Temple Judaism, ed. D. C. Harlow et al. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans: 2010)
"Creation according to Genesis: Literary Genre, Cultural Context, Theological Truth,” Christian Scholars Review 37, no. 2 (2008): 163-98.
"The Jewish Context of the New Testament,” in Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible, ed. Kevin Vanhoozer et al. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005), 373-80.
"How Has Mel Offended? In Praise of The Passion of the Christ", in Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought, vol. 19, no. 4 (April 2004): 14-19.
Hobbies
Watching reruns of The Andy Griffith Show, listening to classical music (esp. Mahler), reading (fiction and nonfiction)
